Current Events > Is The Dragon Prince any good?

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I thought I'd give it a shot since some Last Airbender dude was involved somewhere, but my first impression is not good. I've heard the animation improves but holy SHIT it's bad.

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"When it's done, I will send a shadowhawk with a blood ribbon message to the Queen of the Dragons."

lmao there is no subtlety on the fantasy aspect

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It's good, but its not on avatar's level.

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S1 is average, and mainly a mix of animation jank and it simply not being as good as Avatar. S2 is when it really comes into its own, and the animation gets sooooo much better.

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PMarth2002 posted...

It's good, but its not on avatar's level.

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Not as good as TLA but I really enjoyed it

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not as good as TLA but it does get good

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I like the world of Avatar more, but the characters in Dragon Prince are way more interesting to me than Avatar's.

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I love it but "bad animation" doesn't register with me. I think it all looks fine.

Each season is definitely better than the previous. I just wish the seasons were a lot longer.

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Season 1 is kiddy and bland. Season 2 is a lot more interesting. And season 3 took things to the next level. The wait for season 4 is going to be hard

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Yes. The animation is bad in season 1, but it gets a lot better.

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It's pretty good

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it's way better than korra and would recommend watching

i've just started S3 actually

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another thing about later seasons: Reylah's (sp?) accent becomes more consistent. the first season felt like either the actor or one of the higher-up decision makers didn't know what they wanted her accent to be.

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averagejoel posted...

another thing about later seasons: Reylah's (sp?) accent becomes more consistent. the first season felt like either the actor or one of the higher-up decision makers didn't know what they wanted her accent to be.

I have no fucking idea what her accent is even supposed to be.

I dunno if the second episode is just immediately better or if I'm in a better mood. The animation even seems a little better, but maybe that's just me getting used to it.

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And lmao she Naruto runs

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pegusus123456 posted...

I have no fucking idea what her accent is even supposed to be.

I dunno if the second episode is just immediately better or if I'm in a better mood. The animation even seems a little better, but maybe that's just me getting used to it.

personally speaking, the animation in S1 doesnt bother me

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At one point in S1 I thought my PC was dying, but nope, the animation is that bad.
It gets a lot better though.

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I enjoyed it a lot. But I've seen that there were some serious issues with the creator doing harassment and stuff so from what I can understand it isn't clear if there will be a season 4

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Apparently that's old news and a season 4 is confirmed for 2020

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I'm mostly fine with the animation now. I went straight from Korra to this, so maybe it was just culture shock. The chase and fight scenes were pretty smooth. It's mostly just the fluidity that's an issue, the style itself is pretty good even if I'm not a huge fan of the character design. I think I just associate the 3D character thing too much with cheaply made shows for preschoolers.

I'm pretty happy with the plot though. I finished the third episode which seems like the kicking off point since it's when Reyla, Callum, and Ezram(?) leave the castle and go to take the egg back. The first episode was super blah, but it picked up almost immediately in the second. It's not playing things as straight as I initially thought and there are a few interesting plot hooks.

I think I'm the least interested in the three main characters, particularly Ezram. He's not really done anything so far except be the plucky little kid. Reyla and Callum are good, just nothing mindblowing yet. That said, I have hopes for the other two. Reyla knowing that her buddies killed their dad and hiding it is good. Callum not knowing if the king knew about the egg and then deciding to abandon him is great.

The Dark Magician and his daughter, Dark Magician Girl are interesting. I like that he's not all doom and gloom. I honestly wasn't sure if he was going to be an antagonist because he's quite jovial, but then he stole Callum's voice with a desiccated hand so I guess that's kind of answered. Even then, they prefaced that scene with the king being a complete dick to him when I'm pretty sure he was going to offer up his life, so it's still not completely black and white. I'd also forgotten about a mirror he was fondling, so maybe he's secretly talking with elves through it? Dark Magician Girl is kind of the same way. She's setup to be Callum's love interest and she has some of that bright anime moe bullshit going on, but then she summons demon wolves and captures an elf to do god-knows-what to him. And then you have their son/brother, Celtic Guardian, who just seems like a pretty chill dude but is also related to two people doing soul magic.

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pegusus123456 posted...

I'm pretty happy with the plot though.

what strikes me about watching the show is that i feel that everything is planned and they know where they're going with it

i really hope netflix gives them the reign to carry out the show without being cancelled

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pegusus123456 posted...

I'm mostly fine with the animation now. I went straight from Korra to this, so maybe it was just culture shock. The chase and fight scenes were pretty smooth. It's mostly just the fluidity that's an issue, the style itself is pretty good even if I'm not a huge fan of the character design. I think I just associate the 3D character thing too much with cheaply made shows for preschoolers.

I'm pretty happy with the plot though. I finished the third episode which seems like the kicking off point since it's when Reyla, Callum, and Ezram(?) leave the castle and go to take the egg back. The first episode was super blah, but it picked up almost immediately in the second. It's not playing things as straight as I initially thought and there are a few interesting plot hooks.

I think I'm the least interested in the three main characters, particularly Ezram. He's not really done anything so far except be the plucky little kid. Reyla and Callum are good, just nothing mindblowing yet. That said, I have hopes for the other two. Reyla knowing that her buddies killed their dad and hiding it is good. Callum not knowing if the king knew about the egg and then deciding to abandon him is great.

The Dark Magician and his daughter, Dark Magician Girl are interesting. I like that he's not all doom and gloom. I honestly wasn't sure if he was going to be an antagonist because he's quite jovial, but then he stole Callum's voice with a desiccated hand so I guess that's kind of answered. Even then, they prefaced that scene with the king being a complete dick to him when I'm pretty sure he was going to offer up his life, so it's still not completely black and white. I'd also forgotten about a mirror he was fondling, so maybe he's secretly talking with elves through it? Dark Magician Girl is kind of the same way. She's setup to be Callum's love interest and she has some of that bright anime moe bullshit going on, but then she summons demon wolves and captures an elf to do god-knows-what to him. And then you have their son/brother, Celtic Guardian, who just seems like a pretty chill dude but is also related to two people doing soul magic.

I REALLY want to hear more of your takes as you continue watching the show.

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I heard s2 has really good animation but I dunno if I want to stick with this now.

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personally I think the king was swapped with that bird

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averagejoel posted...

personally I think the king was swapped with that bird

Yeah same

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I tried watching season 1 and it was waaaayyyyyy too cheesy to get into

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